Mark Sanchez

In the biggest move, the Zeeland-based office furniture maker promoted Chief Financial Officer Greg Bylsma to chief operating officer for the North American division. Bylsma, who’s been with Herman Miller since 2009, succeeds Curt Pullen, who has decided to leave the company.

Eight Grand Rapids-area Rotary Clubs united to launch a first-ever promotion for new members. The effort involves billboards that went up late last month featuring local Rotarians, radio ads that began airing this week, social media and a special website at rotarywestmichigan.org, said Tom Mathison, the founder and principal at Mathison | Mathison Architects LLC and president of the Rotary Club of Grand Rapids.

The regional economic recovery “is one of the most impressive across the Midwest region,” led by the manufacturing sector that’s now followed by expansion in other industries, according to the latest PNC outlook that covers a broad market that includes Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Lansing.